Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-12
WAREHOUSES; IN FLAMES.
THE LARGEST FIRE SINCE 1873

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THE LARGEST FIRE SINCE 1873.
NEARLY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROY
ED-A FIREMAN BURIED IN THE
DEBRIS-CHIEFH HENNICK MUIR
ED-THE LIST OF INSURANCE.
baltimore American, 9Th.
TO the long list of unusually Sc
we're fires which have visited our
city in rapid succession recently,
another was added early yesterday
morning, which was more destruc-
tive to valuable property than any
fire IN Baltimore since the Clay
street conhagration, while it had
the additional horror OF the sacn
flee of brave man, who lost his
life In the discharge Of daring
duty, and the serious injury of the
chief of the Fire Department.
The name of the hero who per
tshed was William Schultz, fore
man of No. - Engine Company
The injured man was Chief John NJ.
Hennick, badly cut abont the side.
The total loss aggregated about |
s4O5, 200, the insurance amounting
to S331,S33. The individual losses
were:
IL. Parker & Co., loss, SljO,OOO;
insurance, $4,000.
James D. Mason & Co., loss, $780,
900; insurance, S70,550.
Henderson, Laws & Co., and Jno.
Henderson, loss. $4,000; insur-
ance, $7S,SOO.
Ezra Whitman & Co., loss, slO,'
900; insurance, sG,SS3.
Leibrandt and Mcdowell Stove
Company, loss, 800, 900; insurance,
$4,000.
7. Newton Kurtz & Co., loss s12,.
900; insurance, $500.
E. B. Owens & Co.. loss, 81 200;
insurance, $500.
Fitzgerald, Wedge & Co., loss,
800 insurance, $4,000.
Sattler & Co.. loss, $1,000; In
surance, $4,000.
w. U. Day Co., loss, 81, 300; IN
surance, $4,000.
At about twenty minutes of four
o'clock yesterday morning Officer
Hughes noticed a volume Of smoke
issuing from the fourth story Of
the cracker and cake bakery Of the
well.known firm of James d. Ma
son & Sons. An alarm was sound
ed from box j2l, but before the
engines arrived, the fire had gained
considerable headway. The in
fammable character Of the build
ing, and the readiness with which
the contents submitted 10 the
flames, allowed the flames to
spread and to be cOmmunl-
, Gated 10 the cake and cracker
factory of Henderson, Laws II Co.,
which adjons it on the east. Chief
Engineer Hennick was among the
first on the scene, and, seeing the
dangerous character of the coniia'
grafton, ordered a second and then
a third alarm. The fire had begun
} in the middle of the third floor oI
, the Mason building. It's origin Is
a mystery, and one of the mem
: bers of the firm could not explain
how it could have been otherwise
. than incendiary. The boiler IS II
! the cellar, and the portion OF the
building in which the fire original
. ed was devoid of any machinery
!; bv which the fire cOuld have beer
, communicated. The third floor il
3 used for packing purposes and toi
I the storage of manufactured goods
!. 4 sonth.westernly wind prevail
Q ed ut the time, ard carried the tir'
a in the direction OF the rear OF th'
| fine iron building of E. i. Parker
:. & Co., tin.plate and metal import
ers. which fronts Charles street
but is separated from the MasoI
building in the rear only by mar
row alley. The building was OF re
cent construction and thought L
n be entirely fre.proof. All OF th'
: floors were of iron, and the great
e est precautions had been taken u
a ensure it against the calamity whicl
>. befel it Yesterday. While the from
Il of the building seemed to be aOl
= IN withstand the strain, the Teadl
5. ness with which the rear took fir
e from the ne, ghboring house was
N surprise. The material in thl
D. building was not of "A very lnllam
,e mable character, and the fire mere
d ly weakened the supports and foun
d dations until the walls fell in. 1t
a substantial character, however, pre-
h vented the flames from spreading
1t to the neighboring buildings; am
" in this respect, considering tn
r strong Southwesternly breeze,
d rendered good service. The nelgn
e boring house of Fitzgerald, Wedg
's ,E Co., also of iron and che sam
,. construction as the Parker bnlld
ii ing, sustained only "A cOmparatlVel
It small loss to stock, while the mex
If house on the south, that of Sattle
4. l..sa.